NYC Parks Events Calendar

Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.

Viewing 71–80 out of 1,717 eventsfrom February 22, 2018 to December 28, 2019

Saturday, February 24, 2018

at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx

1:00 p.m.–3:45 p.m.We'll explore who we are through our past and present by engaging in the creation of oral narratives, which will be recorded, memoir essays, fictional memoirs, photography, and collage.Category: Accessible, TalksFree!

at McCarren Play Center (in McCarren Park), Brooklyn

1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.We’ll look at planting ideas for different types and degrees of shade then do a plan for shaded areas of the nearby Lentol Community Garden, mostly with native plants.Category: Education, NatureFree!

2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.Travel past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and on to the Dairy, with this tour of southern park highlights led by Central Park Conservancy tour guides.Category: Education, Nature, History, ToursFree!

at Columbus Circle Information Kiosk (in Central Park), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.Join us for a tour of the southwestern corner of Central Park. Tour includes the Maine Monument, Sheep Meadow, Tavern on the Green, and Strawberry Fields.Category: Education, Nature, ToursFree!

at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island

2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.African-American cowhands comprised 25% of the workforce in the 19th century cattle industry, but many of us know little about their lives and work. Explore this facet of American history with readings and community dialogue.Category: Black History Month, TalksFree!